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Meanings

cops and robbers; hide-and-seek game

usually written using kana alone

A children's game similar to hide-and-seek, where one team (police/detectives) chases the other (thieves). Abbreviation of 警察と泥棒 (police and thief) or 刑事と泥棒 (detective and thief).

放ほう課か後ご、みんなでけいどろをして遊あそんだ。
After school, we all played cops and robbers.
けいどろは、警けい察さつ役やくと泥どろ棒ぼう役やくに分わかれて遊あそぶゲームだ。
Cops and robbers is a game where you split into police and thief roles.